یقه

Persian

Alternative forms

یخن‎ (yaxan) (Dari)

Etymology

From a Turkic source, from Proto-Turkic *jaka (“edge; collar”).

Compare Old Uyghur [script needed] (jaqa, “collar”), Turkish yaka (“collar”), Yakut саҕа (sağa, “collar; edge; contour”), Bashkir яға (yağa, “collar”)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /jaˈqa/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /jaˈqa/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /jæˈɢe/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /jaˈqa/

Noun

یقه • (yaqe) (plural یقه‌ها‎ (yaqe-hâ))

(Iran) collar
Synonym: گریبان‎ (garibân)

References

Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21)‎ (in German), volume IV, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 102–104

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